Research on Limitations of Energy Storage Promoting the Consumption Role of New Energy New Energy Consumption Case from China

Abstract

The principle of energy storage promoting new energy consumption was analyzed and the role of energy storage in new energy consumption under different installed penetration rates of new energy was rearranged in this article. In addition, a detailed analysis was conducted on the limitations of daily regulated energy storage on new energy consumption with data from a major new energy province in northwest China as an example. The case results revealed that in case of a high penetration rate of new energy, there will be a gradual weakening in the improvement effect of increasing daily regulated energy storage on new energy consumption and there will be a gradual “saturation” in the utilization rate of new energy accompanied by the increase of energy storage scale. Nonetheless, measures such as the flexible transformation of thermal power and increase of external transmission channels to promote consumption are not related to the “saturation effect”. The conclusion of this article can be as a reference for other countries and regions in the allocation of flexible resources for promoting new energy consumption.